Scouring apparatus



July 1s, 1939. E CA DERKS 2,166,343A

SCOURING APPARATUS Filed June l, 1936 Patented July 18, i9394 PATENT orrics 2,.'ldd3i3 )@Cufllitllt APPARATUS Ethel Utilerias, ltyderwood, Wash.

Application elune li, 1936, Serial No. 82,872

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Another object of the invention is the provision ci an apparatus of the character indicated which may be 'readily manipulated with one hand.

Another object oi the invention is the provision of an improved apparatm of the character indicated so constructed and arranged as to permit the ready removal, renewal and replacement of the scouring element.

' Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which Fig. 1 is a side view oi scouring apparatus embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 an enlarged detailed section taken through the scouring element;

Fig. 3 a section taken substantially on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig, 4 a detailed view oi a modified form of scouring element.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and Iicomprises a suitable motor casing Ill containing an electric motor of suitable construction and arrangement and supplied with electric current through a flexible cord il. The motor switch I2 is arranged at the top of the casing Ill in cooperatve relationship with an operating handle It, preferably of insulating material, and projecting upwardly and laterally from the top of the casing It in cooperative relationship with the switch I2 so as to permit of the manipulation of saidswitch by means of a thumb or finger of the hand holding the handle,

Il. The shaft I4 oi' the enclosed electric motor is arranged to. project downwardly through the bottom of the casing It, as shown. Two substantialiy semi-cylindrical clamping members I5 are arranged as shown to embrace the lower end f the shaft It and are provided with perforated and threaded ears or lugs I8 to receive clamping screws I1 and whereby said clamping members 50 may be readily andsecurely clamped to the lower end of the shaft II, as willl be readily understood.

- A copper mesh bag I8 is lled with copper I fillings or turnings I9 is provided at its top with an angular ring 2li having two hook members 2| projecting upwardly therefrom, as shown.

(c1. -'2sm hook members 2| are adapted and varranged to engage the clamping screws Il between the-lugs I6 so that when said clamping .screws are tight cned to clamping members I5 on the shalt it they will also securely clamp the hooirs 2l between them, lthus providing a simple and effective means for detachably securing. the scouring bag Ill to the` bottom of the motor shaft M. Ey this arrangement a scouring apparatus is provided which may be conveniently and eiectively utilized in the kitchen for scouring pans, dishes, etc. The arrangement is such that the apparatus may be conveniently manipulated with one hand and, the scouring bag lli readily removed, renewed or replaced as` desired. The specific form and arrangement of parts disclosed constitutes a simple and effective one for the purpose.

The modified form of scouring element illus trate'd in Fig. 4 comprises a. brush member having steel bristles or brushes 22 secured as indicated to the ring 20, equipped with the hooks 2i for lli attachable connection with the motor shalt ill, l

so that, said scouring element may be substituted when and if. desired for the scouring bag I t, as will be readily understood.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred forms of construction for carrying my invention into effect, these are capable of variation and modification without departing froml the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the ap-z pended claims.

1. A scouring device comprising a shaft, clamping members engaging the shaft and provided with clamping screws for. clamping the sameto the shaft, a scouring pad' having a cover, a. ring mounted within said cover, a pairof hooks extending upwardly from the opposite sides of the ring andthrough the scouring pad cover,

said hooks engaging the clamping screws between said clamping members.

2. A device of the kind described comprising clamping members adapted to engage the end of a. shaft and provided with clamping screws for attaching the same on the shaft, a covered scouringpad a ringhorizontally disposed with respect to the shaft and vmounted within the cover and attached to the pad, and hooks extending upwardly from opposite sides of the ring and erigazing the screws between theclamping members.

, E'I'HEL C. DERKS. 

